Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 04:53:52 -0800 (PST), MIG
wrote:

My initial reaction to the news of OEPs was that TOCs had been forced
to accept Oyster and were determined to sabotage it by making it
unusable. That opinion hasn't changed. TfL's willingness to go along
with it will end up killing off Oyster for TfL as well. Perhaps that
suits a political agenda.

Care to speculate on what that political agenda might be?

There's no need to speculate any further than 'Boris gets a tick in the
box marked 'manifesto commitments' and damn the details'. It's not that
the Oyster-on-NR rollout is a bad thing, quite the opposite, it's just
got all the hallmarks of having more regard for public image than public
transport, which is why it doesn't take very long to discover the bits
that haven't been thought through from the point of view of usability.
Mind you, that's essential Boris from top to toe.

Tom